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HARVARD'S Professor Martin Kilson, who teaches "Ethnic Groups in Modern America," says, "The Dartmouth Review is known for its irresponsible, neo-conservative, racist behavior. They are entitled to comment, but comment presupposes an obligation to keep civility at the forefront, and they have chosen to ignore that obligation...
...this seems confusing and ethereal, it is for good reason. Still, these theories do have some empirical implications, which Sheldrake discusses towards the end of the book. The fields supposedly operate not only through space but also through time (hence the title). They provide an extragenetic mechanism for neo-Lamarckian inheritance, as ancestors long-dead "resonate" with their descendants. He explains tradition as the culture of the past resonating with that of the present, and memory as a 10-year-old self resonating with an adult self. In Sheldrake's eyes, we are surrounded at every moment by a parliament...
...contrast, is such a dynamo that his handlers have tried to tone down his hard-charging image with a poster bearing the slogan COURAGE -- THAT'S CHIRAC and showing an ostensibly relaxed Premier dressed in a V-neck sweater. Moreover, he commands the formidable political machinery of the neo- Gaullist Rally for the Republic Party, which expects to spend $25 million on the campaign. Chirac is running on his record as Premier for the past two years, claiming that his government has cut unemployment rolls by 130,000, boosted economic output by 3.5% and won its war on terrorism. Asks...
...decor is outright iconoclastic. Instead of the usual hushed beige backdrops, little gilt chairs and artfully placed mirrors, rich oranges and reds glow on every side. The black border motif on the rugs and walls summons up visions of black flames. Bright pink branches thrust upward from behind small neo-Martian chairs, and the sconces are big burnished theater masks, enough to scare a timid millionairess right out of her chiffon...
Skinheads may look like refugees from the punk- rock scene, but they are emerging as the kiddie corps of the neo- Nazi movement...